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    EMERGENCY HELP PLEASE First Incubation. Pipped, shell falling away but membrane dry. 16 hrs.

    First attempt at incubator hatching. All eggs set the same day but chicks are hatching a couple a day. Today is day 23. I have one Wellie that has pipped, about a dime size of the shell has come away but no zipping and the membrane looks dry. He's still alive and seems to be trying to zip. I'm...
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    The Lizard Lounge

    It's finally here. 30+ yrs of waiting but it's here. Greenhouse/coop combo. Filling in the furnishings for both. My 9 currently are locked into the 14x14 coop, learning that this is now home lol. So much better than the muck we usually fought through the winter.
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    Easter Egger eyeliner

    Can you tell a cockerel from a pullet by the eyeliner?
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    Well, the Hens will get these

    I just tried to make a fried egg sandwich. It took six tries to get a fryable egg. The yolks of the first six broke immediately. All eggs are fresh, gathered every day, not washed, stored on the counter. They get fermented layer crumble, fruits/veg, scratch, chickweed and other yard greens...
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    Brave little hen and the Empty Run

    I'm sure some of you have heard the stories of the Brave Little Hen. She has no fear of the big kids, is always the first out of the crate, gets herself into all kinds of trouble. Well, here is another one. I had to go out of town today. So early this morning, I fed and watered, checked on...
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    Silly brave little hen

    So, y'all have heard about the little hen that isn't afraid of the big birds. And how she is the first out and about all the time. How she gets all up in the big birds feed. There's a new one today. I left a small gap in their crates so they can come and go in the run as they please. Mostly...
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    Brave little chicks

    So, a week or ten days ago I put the chickies outside in the coop. Day before yesterday, I sat out with them a while as they skittered around the run. The 2 roos and the 5 hens only gave them an occasional peck, nothing really violent. Big Roo even let them nibble from the big chickens dish lol...
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    Future Head Hen in Training

    This is one of three Barred Rock pullets I got at TSC. She's about a month old. They went to the big coop three days ago with a huddle box inside a crate. I've put them out every morning into a crate that is safe for them. This evening, I was taking them 2 at a time (I've got a total of 6) to...
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    Landing strip length

    OK, while it's raining, I'm designing the interior of my coop. Important points: Total area is 16x24. Sited with north/south sides being the longest. West wall will be common wall with a greenhouse with a 4ft door for ease of maintenance. I live in southcentral Kentucky, summers are hot and...
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    Coop/Greenhouse sharing a wall

    I'm thinking about putting my coop on the back side of my greenhouse. I could put hardware cloth on the shared wall, with room to add thick insulation on the greenhouse side for winter. Put it up when I have to fire up the woodstove. I will be using hardware cloth behind the front wall of...
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    Personal Vision

    Hi everyone. I've been reading and reading and have a couple of questions. The vision I have for a sustainable flock is a dual purpose, broody, wary, with a lot of egg color. I am looking at using BA, BR, Ameraucan or Olive Egger for the color, maybe a Welsummer for those dark eggs. I know this...
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